Can't you just re-install, and choose to format your root partition, and
not your /home partition? That's what I do when I screw Linux up to the
point where it won't work anymore.
"Mark K. Kim" wrote:
>
> My Linux has been acting weird for a while... and it's finally gotten
> hosed today (just the root partition, as far as I can tell, though).
> It's incredibly annoying to use alpha/beta kernel modules... at least I
> think that's the source of the problem... I guess I'll reinstall the root
> partition.
>
> But I'm not sure how I can install just the root partition. 'cause the
> "install" option (on Mandrake) would try to *install* RPMs (as opposed to
> *upgrade* RPMs) which may not work properly because there are existing
> RPMs. Which reminds me -- since the root partition is gone, the RPM
> database is also gone, right? -- so what will happen if I try to
> install/upgrade an RPM and there are existing files from the previous
> install but not registered in the RPM database?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Mark
>
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